PHP + LARAVEL + Xdebug + VSCODE + DEBUGGER + mac OS

 Hey there, 

i have recently tried running the debugger in VSCODE for my LARAVEL project.

Step 1: PHP 

•  I have installed PHP via home brew. 

                 brew install php@7.4 

• If you want you to unlink your existing PHP and link new the version we have installed then run this. ex: You have had 7.3 with your system and we have installed 7.4 . So, to use 7.4

                     brew unlink php@7.3

            brew link php@7.4

• Now, if u run php -v on terminal . you will see php 7.4 version.   

Step  2: XDEBUG

• Ensure we have xdebug installed if not then kindly install it from xdebug for mac OS
• once installation is successful then u can see xdebug on php -v command output
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Step 3: Install  PHP debug in VSCODE from here PHP DEBUG

Step 4: Enabling XDEBUG debug mode and step debugging. 

• Go to your php ini file and add below config. You can find the ini file at below path in mac.  
• nano /usr/local/etc/php/7.4/php.ini     

• Paste below in ini file.                                                          [Xdebug]

  zend_extension="xdebug.so"

  xdebug.mode=debug

  xdebug.client_port=9001

  xdebug.log="/tmp/xdebug.log"

  xdebug.client_host="127.0.0.1"

  xdebug.start_with_request=yes    

Step 5: Run & Debug in VSCODE

•        Go to VSCODE and left side select run & debug option. select PHP configuration and paste below in .vscode/launch.json 

{

// Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.

// Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.

// For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387

"version": "0.2.0",

"configurations": [

{

"name": "Listen for XDebug",

"type": "php",

"request": "launch",

"port": 9001,

"pathMappings": {"<path to your Laravel codebase>": "${workspaceFolder}"},

"ignore": [

"**/vendor/**/*.php"

]

},

{

"name": "Launch currently open script",

"type": "php",

"request": "launch",

"program": "${file}",

"cwd": "${fileDirname}",

"port": 8000

}

]

}

Step 6: Run your laravel project  which runs on port 8000 or your desired port

          php artisan serve 

Step 7:  Things to keep in mind

• we have kept the port no 9001 for xdebug configuration . Both in VSCODE launch.json and php.ini file. 
• we have our laravel server running at port no: 8000
• So xdebug listens on port 9001 and laravel on 8000. whenever u hit localhost:8000 ---> xdebug will listen and start step debugging.